Clothes-wringer.



iNo. MHA HJ. Patented Ian. 2, 1900. W. T. BRADLEY. CLUTHES WRINGEB.

(Application filed Oct. 3, 1898.)

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W. T. BRADLEY.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

(Application filed Oct. 3, 189B.)

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WILLIAM T. BRADLEY, OF ROCHESTER, NE'VV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOLOUIS P. WILLSEA, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,440, dated January2, 1900. Application filed October 3, 1898. Serial (NO 1110601) To allwhom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM T. BRADLEY, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothes Wringers; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and to the reference-nu merals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to clotheswringers, particularly of thatclass in which the rollers are maintained in contact by spring actionwhen in operation and are relieved of the action of the springs when notin use, and has for its objects to improve, simplify, and eheapen theconstruction and provide for the ready adjustment of the tension orpressure springs; and to these and other ends itconsists in certainimprovements in construction and combinations of parts, all as will behereinafter described, and the novel features pointed out particularlyin the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wringer embodyingmy improvements with one of the cover-plates for the operating partsremoved; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view of the same Fig. 3, acrosssectional view on. the line w a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the bearings for the rollers detached from the frame.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts.

The main frame of the wringer embodies the vertical standards 1,preferably construct ed ofcast or sheet metal and connected at the topby a cross plate 2, having the flanges at the ends extending over theends of the standards, and at the lower portion by a tierod 3. Thestandards are hollow to contain the bearings and tension devices for therollers, which are covered by plates 4, as shown in Fig. 2, and thefront and rear of the lower ends of said standards are arranged tocontact with a tub or support and to be held' firmly in position bymeans of swinging clamparms 5, pivoted at 6 to lugs 7 on the inner facesof the standards and adapted to swing to either side thereof, suitableclampingscrews 8 being located on the clamp-arms, as shown. By thismeans the wringer may be applied to either side of a tub or othersupport and firmly held in position thereon, and in order that theclothes may be guided and supported properly toward the rollers 9 and 10and also that the expressed water may be properly directed I provide areversible deflecting plate 11, preferably substantiallyinverted-Vshaped, as shown, adapted to be placed on either side of the machine andto codperate with lugs or flanges 12, formed on the inner sides of thestandards and to be held and supported thereby, said plate when in' useresting upon one log and extending beneath the other, as shownparticularly in I Fig. 3. The standards are further provided on theirinner-faces with the clothes-guard flanges 13 at the sidesin line withthe meeting surfaces of the rollers, and also with the verticalguiding-flanges 14, forming ways for the bearings of the rollers. Therollers are provided with the usual elastic covering, and the arborsthereof extend into the standards through the slots therein and operatein suitable half bearing-blocks 15, preferably of wood, those for thelower roller (to which roller the operating-handle is connected, asusual) being contained in open sided removable metal boxes 16, supportedin the lower ends of the slots in the standards.

The sliding boxes 17 for the bearing-blocks 15 of the roller 9 areguided on the flanges 14 at the sides of the slots in the standard andare. provided with the depending yokes 18, preferably formed integraltherewith, extending below the lower bearings and connected with thehooks at the upper ends of'coilsprings 19, arranged in the standards"and having their lower ends provided with the loop or book extendingaround. eccentric cams 20, formed on levers 21, pivoted at 22 in thestandards, and having their outer operating ends extending out throughslots in the coverplates. The cams are preferably arranged on the leversso that when the levers are moved down to the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2 the springs are not under tension, but when moved to theposition shown infnll lines the springs will be put under tension andthe rollers drawn in contact and held, the higherportion 'of "the cambeing then outside ofthe pivotal centers, so that the. levers will bedrawn by the springs against the cover-plates.

I prefer to make the spring-adjusting levers with the eccentric camsthereon, as their movement is thereby rendered more easy; buttheprincipal featdreis the eccentric connection of the spring and lever,whereby when the latter is turned to one position the spring tension isgiven the rollers, and when moved to the other the springs are loose andthe rollers are hot pressed together.

The wringer thus constructed is very simple and cheapin construction,and the springs being extensible instead of compressible are much lessliable to break and can be very readily attached when assembling theparts.

I claim as myinvention 1 The combination with'the main frame having thestandards, the rollers, and springoperating devices for the latter, ofthe reversible clamps on the standard, and, the reversibleinverted-V-shaped plate, and engaging lugs on the standards with whichit cooperates.

., 2 In a \vringer, the combination with the hollow slottedstandards andthe rollers, of

' the stationary bearings, the movable bearwe win v h ep di is Y k s W hn t standards and extending beyond the stationlfy bfarings and'slidingin the standards, the

springs located within the standards and engaging the lower ends of theyokes, and adj fstingdevic'es connected to the springs for adjustin th-m,

hollow slotted standards having the ribs 14,

3; In a wringer,. the combination withthe the stationary bearing-boxes16, and the movable bearing-boxes 17 having the depending yokes guidedon the ribs 14, of the tensionsprin gs connected to the yokes, means foradjusting the springs, the cover-p1ates 4 and the rollers.

4. The combination with the main frame having the hollow slottedstandards provided with the ribs 13 and 14 and the cover-plates 4, ofthe rollers, the boxes 16 and 17, the latter having the yokes 18, thesprings located within the standards, and means foradjusting them.

5'. In a wringer, the combination with the main frame having the slottedhollow standards, and the rollers, of the removable opensidedbearing-boxes for the lower roller arranged in the slots, the woodenbearingblocks therein, the movable bearing-boxes also sliding in theslots in the standards, having"the yokes extending beyond the bearingsof the other roller, the springs engaging the yokes, and means foradjusting the tension of the spring,

6. In a wrin'ger, the combination with the main frame, and a stationaryand a movable roller, of the movable bearings for the movable rollerhaving the yokes, the tensionsp'rin'gs connected to the yokes, and thelevers-pivoted in theframe having theeccentric cams engaging the freeends of the springs and adapted to be mfovedacross the center to lockthe springs under tension.

. WILLIAM T. BRADLEY.

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F. F; CHURCH, GnA'cn A. RODA.

